The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 1905
Waning Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 AM
3:46 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -213
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 | 309.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.6° / 241.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 8.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.58° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.93° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.