The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Waning Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 PM
2:46 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1259
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 282.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 42m / 26.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.84° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.13° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.