The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 24, 1949
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
7:29 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 332
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 141.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -26.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.32° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.34° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.