The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 24, 1958
Waxing Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 437
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 | 63.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 85.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 30m / 18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.08° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.76° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.