The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 24, 1971
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 AM
7:11 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 597
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.5° / 180.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 35m / 14.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.43° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.59° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.76° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.