The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 1937
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
12:02 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 183
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 | 245.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 296.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 29m / 20.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.72° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.57° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.37° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.