The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 24, 2015
Waxing Crescent
37.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
1:21 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1142
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 | 74.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 19m / 16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.03° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.88° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.04° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.