The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
3:58 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1012
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 | 138.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.8° / 31.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -7.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.73° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.89° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.1° |
| 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.