The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 23, 2162
Waxing Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
2:55 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2960
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 55.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 10.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.08° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.89° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.74° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.