The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 24, 1902
Waning Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -250
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 269.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 12.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.09° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.82° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.