The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 24, 1975
Waning Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
11:56 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 653
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 297.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 20.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.96° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.31° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.