The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 24, 1990
Waxing Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
10:41 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 839
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 111.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -25.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.88° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.90° / 3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.32° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.