The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 2021
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
11:42 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1222
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 304.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 58m / 23.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.76° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.80° / -1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.27° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.