The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 24, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
1:35 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1346
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -10.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.85° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.19° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.87° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| 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.