The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 24, 2006
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
4:50 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1030
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.1° / 203.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -4.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.34° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / 2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.73° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.