The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 1926
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 PM
10:35 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 47
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 | 226.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 311.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 20.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.70° / -1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.97° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.