The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 23, 2184
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
5:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3232
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 | 156.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.2° / 357.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -1.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.64° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.94° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.