The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 1944
First Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 270
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 94.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -21.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.57° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.11° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| 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.