The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 1948
Waning Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
1:33 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 319
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 | 258.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 30m / 27.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.11° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.73° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.81° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.