The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 1989
Waning Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 AM
4:22 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 826
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 | 305.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.6° / 230.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 7.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.96° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.78° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.