The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 24, 1951
Waning Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
7:11 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 350
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -27.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.60° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.28° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| 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.