The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 24, 1954
Waning Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
10:05 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 387
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 | 252.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 256.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -22.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.06° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.09° / 0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.28° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.