The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
3:19 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 208
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 | 139.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 47.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -0.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.26° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.13° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.