The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 24, 2045
First Quarter
54.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
3:05 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.3%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1513
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 53.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 19.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.71° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.82° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.