The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 24, 2038
Waning Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
11:02 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1426
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 248.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -22.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.37° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.69° / 0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.14° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.