The Moon on this date

Moon on Saturday, October 24, 2037

Full Moon Hunter's Moon

99.6% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
E
Highest
57°
Moonset
W
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
99.6%
Age
15.6 days
Distance
402,100 km
Apparent size
29.7′
Constellation
Cetus
Lunation number
1420

Events on this date

  1. Full Moon Hunter's Moon

    The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

  2. Venus at greatest elongation

    47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

Exact values

For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun185.27°
Phase angle7.14°
Illuminated fraction99.61%
Altitude / azimuth-35.7° / 328.3°
Right ascension / declination2h 25m / 9.21°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude36.86° / -4.86°
Libration in longitude / latitude-3.32° / 6.93°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-8.11° / 1.57°
Position angle of the axis341.4°
Position angle of the bright limb119.5°
Apparent magnitude-12.4

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

Your location

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