The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 24, 2104
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
8:21 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2242
Events on this date
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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.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.1° / 146.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 15.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.42° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.46° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.