The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 24, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
5:40 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 746
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 | 146.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 9.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / 4.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.55° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.62° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.