The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 PM
5:38 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 344
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 11.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 03m / 8.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.89° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.79° / -1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.77° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.