The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 24, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
12:12 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 171
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 | 104.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 85.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -12.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.42° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.15° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.98° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.