The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 24, 1925
First Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
11:48 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 35
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 101.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -20.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.88° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.40° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.