The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 24, 1940
Last Quarter
45.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.2%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 220
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 272.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 13.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.81° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.40° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.44° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.