The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 1978
Waning Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
2:52 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 690
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 262.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.87° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.34° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.