The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 24, 2005
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
6:40 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1018
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 3:51 AM, is deepest at 5:54 AM and ends at 7:58 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.4° / 311.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -15.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.66° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.19° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 141.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.