The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 24, 1960
Waxing Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
10:21 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 468
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 113.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -18.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.13° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.38° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.