The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 24, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
4:09 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2255
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 | 128.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 37.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 1.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.37° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.43° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.79° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.