The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 1982
First Quarter
46.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.9%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 740
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 95.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -22.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.24° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.69° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.