The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 24, 2182
Waning Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
11:42 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3207
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 250.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -16.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.67° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.63° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| 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.