The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 PM
6:47 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1253
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 | 187.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.8° / 302.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 37m / -17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.56° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / 3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.99° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.