The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 24, 1903
Waning Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
4:27 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -244
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 | 324.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.3° / 217.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / 0.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.78° / 1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / -1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.06° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.