The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 24, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
3:04 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 542
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 | 127.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.0° / 49.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 49m / -12.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.74° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.45° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.