The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 24, 1987
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
7:34 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 802
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 | 24.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 140.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -23.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.88° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.45° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.