The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 24, 2014
Waning Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
3:34 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1129
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 222.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -5.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.37° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.21° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.06° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.