The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 24, 1929
Waning Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
1:43 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 84
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 | 261.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 290.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 40m / 26.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.36° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.99° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.