The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 24, 1986
Waning Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
2:25 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 789
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 | 256.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 286.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 27.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.00° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.43° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.70° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.