The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 24, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
5:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 882
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 | 163.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.7° / 348.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -9.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.76° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / 4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.21° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.