The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 24, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
3:16 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1278
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 | 97.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 52.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 19.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.60° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / -2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.62° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.