The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 23, 2166
Last Quarter
46.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 AM
1:06 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.8%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3009
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 237.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.43° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.76° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.68° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.