The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 24, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
4:11 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1080
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,100 km.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 36.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 2.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.96° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.41° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| 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.