The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 24, 2017
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
6:18 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1166
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 | 334.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.2° / 180.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 0.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.21° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / 4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.20° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.