The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 24, 2049
Last Quarter
52.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
12:39 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.6%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1562
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 243.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -15.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.06° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.56° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.