The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 24, 1957
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
7:50 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 431
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 | 19.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 139.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -17.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.84° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / -0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.53° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.