The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 24, 1959
Last Quarter
51.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
2:19 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.9%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 455
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 15.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.44° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.54° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.