The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 1954
Waning Crescent
3.9% 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
4:55 AM
4:21 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 393
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 | 337.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.3° / 204.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -7.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.46° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.81° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.