The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 23, 2173
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
4:46 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3096
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 30.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 9.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.80° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.31° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.