The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 24, 1998
Waxing Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
9:40 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 938
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 | 46.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 118.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -18.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.33° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.87° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.97° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.