The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 1911
Waxing Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
6:57 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -138
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 | 29.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 148.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 46m / -22.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.20° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.97° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.