The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Waning Gibbous
67.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
2:00 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1259
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 291.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 28.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.69° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.18° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.95° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.