The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 23, 2164
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 AM
10:34 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2985
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 53m / 16.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.45° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.37° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.