The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 24, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
5:48 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1921
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 | 152.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 2.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / 0.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.63° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.93° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.80° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.1° |
| 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.