The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 24, 2009
Waxing Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
11:35 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1074
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 | 75.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 103.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -23.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.64° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / 1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.53° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.