The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 24, 1927
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 AM
5:36 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 59
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.5° / 185.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -3.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.07° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.67° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.