The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 24, 1970
Waning Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 AM
4:09 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 591
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.4° / 241.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 12.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.55° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / 0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.98° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.