The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 24, 2076
Waning Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
10:47 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1896
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 248.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -24.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.18° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.93° / 2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.75° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.