The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 24, 1991
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
9:17 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 851
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 | 195.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 326.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 20.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.34° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.12° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.