The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 24, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 PM
5:27 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 678
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 | 153.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 9.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 15m / 2.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.48° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.09° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.