The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 1922
Waxing Crescent
22.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
9:23 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.1%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -2
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 122.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -18.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.30° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.08° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.48° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.