The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 24, 2001
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
9:33 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 969
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 | 12.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 120.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 13.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.04° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.46° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.