The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 24, 1914
Waxing Crescent
36.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
10:20 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -101
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 | 74.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 115.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -26.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.12° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.42° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.84° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.