The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 24, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
12:08 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -64
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 86.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -13.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.04° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.79° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.