The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
7:42 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1037
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 138.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 41m / -24.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.51° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.64° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.