The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 24, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
1:36 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 641
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 71.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -10.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.13° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.07° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.