The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 24, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
5:33 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 913
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 6.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / 2.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.59° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / 0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.27° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.