The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 24, 1960
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 AM
7:15 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 461
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.2° / 163.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 5.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.11° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.00° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.