The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 24, 1945
Waning Gibbous
83.0% 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
8:36 PM
10:51 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 282
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 310.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 21.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.76° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.76° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.