The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 24, 2016
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
8:20 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1154
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 | 206.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 284.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -15.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.62° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.57° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.