The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 24, 1933
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
7:37 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 127
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.8° / 167.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 16.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.29° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.74° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.38° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 147.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.