The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 24, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
3:23 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 375
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 50.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 3.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.32° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / 4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.08° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| 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.