The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 24, 1916
Last Quarter
52.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 AM
11:21 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.8%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -83
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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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 | 266.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -20.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.10° / -0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / 0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.87° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.