The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 24, 2011
Last Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
12:23 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1092
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 243.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -17.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.97° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.95° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| 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.