The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 24, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
5:48 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 276
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 5.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / 3.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.84° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.01° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.