The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 24, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
4:44 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1618
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 19.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / -1.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.36° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / 1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.03° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.