The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 24, 2174
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 AM
12:32 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3108
Events on this date
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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 | 270.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 234.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -22.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.06° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.25° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.