The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
5:43 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1117
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 | 164.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.4° / 347.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -9.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.99° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / 3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.41° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.9° |
| 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.