The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 2010
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
9:32 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1086
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 | 198.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 324.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 04m / 21.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.53° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.91° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.