The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 24, 1990
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 AM
8:10 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 832
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 | 352.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.7° / 150.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 32m / 14.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.80° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.51° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.06° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.