The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Waning Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
10:38 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1191
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 | 244.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 252.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -22.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.97° / 1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.58° / -0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.33° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| 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.