The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 24, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
76.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
2:31 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1482
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 | 122.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 57.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -13.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.64° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.44° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.