The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
2:46 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1111
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 | 121.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 54.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -5.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.71° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.50° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.