The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 24, 1963
Waxing Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
11:46 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 505
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 101.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -22.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.46° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / 1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.48° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.