The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
4:37 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -27
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 | 143.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 24.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / 0.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.02° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.28° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.