The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
2:22 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 876
Events on this date
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Uranus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 61.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -7.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.34° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.74° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.28° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.