The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 2056
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
8:45 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1655
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 | 192.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 322.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 12.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.86° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.89° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| 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.