The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 1976
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
7:56 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 666
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 | 20.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 138.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 20m / -16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.97° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.03° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.73° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.