The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 24, 1908
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 AM
5:45 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -176
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 | 353.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.2° / 180.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -5.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.26° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.43° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.06° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 142.7° |
| 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.