The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 24, 1927
Last Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
12:14 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 53
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.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 237.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -22.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.16° / -2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.95° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.59° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.