The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 24, 1903
Waxing Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
8:53 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -237
Events on this date
-
Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 126.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -18.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.54° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.29° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.