The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
6:37 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1519
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° 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 Sun | 165.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 355.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 10.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.29° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.24° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.45° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.