The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 24, 1930
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
7:17 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 97
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 143.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -24.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.49° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.67° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.14° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.