The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 24, 2044
Waxing Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
8:40 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1507
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 128.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -27.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.78° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.01° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.