The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 24, 1938
Waning Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
2:40 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 189
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 | 290.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 230.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -8.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.31° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.02° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.