The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 24, 2106
Waning Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
11:16 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2267
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 | 250.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 252.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.30° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.58° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.