The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 24, 2008
Waning Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 AM
4:27 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1061
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 | 309.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.2° / 224.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 5.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.19° / -2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.60° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.