The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 24, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
92.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
5:00 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 443
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 | 147.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.6° / 17.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / 1.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.43° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.87° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.