The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 1961
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 PM
8:27 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 480
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 | 190.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 323.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 10.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.22° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.