The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 23, 2178
Waxing Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 AM
1:19 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3158
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 | 69.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 69.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 57m / 22.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.13° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.69° / 1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.01° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.