The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 24, 2027
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1290
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 260.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -27.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.40° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.75° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.