The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 24, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
5:03 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 511
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 | 156.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 18.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / 0.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.46° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.72° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.6° |
| 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.