The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 1971
Waxing Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
10:05 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 604
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 | 59.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 116.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -26.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.96° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.58° / 4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.13° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.