The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
5:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1049
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 | 158.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 3.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 29m / 6.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.06° / 2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.04° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.