The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 24, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 PM
4:15 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1148
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 | 140.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.6° / 28.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / -2.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.09° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / -0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.63° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.