The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 24, 1946
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
5:50 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 294
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.1° / 176.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -7.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.59° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.48° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 157.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.