The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 24, 2079
Last Quarter
47.3% 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
3:20 AM
12:43 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1933
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 231.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -23.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.87° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.29° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.60° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.