The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 24, 2043
Last Quarter
55.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1494
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 | 264.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 279.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 54m / 25.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.56° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.93° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| 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.