The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 24, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
3:14 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -262
Events on this date
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Mars, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 47.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -0.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.06° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.57° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.