The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 24, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
4:57 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 109
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 | 159.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 20.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 4.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.14° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.54° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.