The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 24, 1981
Waning Gibbous
75.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 721
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 | 238.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 266.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -20.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.27° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / -3.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.47° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.