The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 2049
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
5:22 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1568
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 | 335.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.3° / 187.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -6.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.60° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.11° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.