The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 24, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
3:26 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 808
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 | 97.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 50.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 20.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.63° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.01° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.