The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 24, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
5:34 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1216
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 1.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 11.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 4.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.94° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.00° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.8° |
| 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.