The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 24, 2058
First Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1680
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 95.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -24.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.80° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.38° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.69° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.