The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 24, 2008
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1055
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 | 226.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 259.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -27.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.20° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.15° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.