The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 24, 2054
Waning Gibbous
92.7% 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
11:03 PM
8:36 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1624
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 280.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -16.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.88° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.95° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.