The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 24, 1943
Waning Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 251
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 261.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -19.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.42° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.33° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.38° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.