The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 24, 2028
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
8:37 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1302
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.5° / 138.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.16° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.33° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 138.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.