The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 24, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 PM
2:53 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1717
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 | 125.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 51.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -11.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.38° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / 4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.64° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.