The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 24, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
55.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 PM
12:16 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 975
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune 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 | 95.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 88.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.28° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.90° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.