The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 24, 2060
Waning Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
1:28 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1698
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 | 281.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 227.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -20.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.33° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.83° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.02° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.