The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 24, 2024
Last Quarter
46.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.8%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1259
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 271.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 23.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.58° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.30° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.