The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 24, 1956
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
5:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 412
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.7° / 355.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -14.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.14° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.15° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.