The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 24, 2002
Waning Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
10:59 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 987
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 | 216.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 308.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 25m / 21.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.91° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / 0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.50° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.