The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 24, 1906
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 AM
8:18 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -206
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 | 11.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.0° / 142.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 11.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.93° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.76° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.