The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 24, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
3:51 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1649
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 | 109.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 44.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 15.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.94° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.07° / -2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.40° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| 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.