The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
3:54 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1179
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 | 112.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 43.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 13.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.30° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / -1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.00° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.