The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 24, 1967
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 PM
5:45 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 548
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.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 5:24 AM, is deepest at 7:06 AM and ends at 8:48 AM. Totality lasts from 6:27 AM to 7:45 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.5° / 337.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -13.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.73° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.81° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.10° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.