The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
2:36 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1247
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.0° / 55.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -13.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.50° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.84° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.24° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.