The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 24, 2189
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
3:36 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3294
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 | 99.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 48.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 21.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.58° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.23° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.35° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.