The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 24, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
5:33 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1686
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 | 144.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.2° / 12.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / 4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.00° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.59° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.