The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 2000
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
5:42 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 962
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.4° / 197.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / 5.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.98° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.25° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.