The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 24, 2003
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 AM
6:25 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 999
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 | 347.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.9° / 167.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -4.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.69° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / -2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.18° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.