The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 24, 2014
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
7:19 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1136
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 | 8.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 147.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -13.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.04° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.32° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.