The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 24, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
2:35 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 474
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 59.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 12.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.79° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.84° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.67° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| 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.