The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 24, 2153
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
9:24 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2849
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.6° / 122.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.66° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.19° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.64° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.