The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Waxing Crescent
21.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
10:11 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.1%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1173
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 113.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.96° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.17° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.