The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 24, 1921
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
8:17 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -21
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 281.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.26° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.74° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.