The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
1:18 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -163
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 | 121.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 74.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -15.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.71° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.17° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.