The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 1972
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
10:35 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 616
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 | 209.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 316.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 53m / 24.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.23° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.47° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.