The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 24, 2022
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
6:25 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1234
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.9° / 165.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -6.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.32° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.48° / -2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.99° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.