The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 24, 1981
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 AM
5:35 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 727
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 | 324.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.5° / 201.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 5.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.35° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.66° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.45° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.