The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 24, 2084
Waning Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 AM
9:29 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1995
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -25.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.71° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / 3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.15° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.