The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 24, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
6:00 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2663
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 | 172.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.8° / 330.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -14.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.31° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.76° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.