The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 24, 2065
Waning Crescent
28.6% 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
2:13 AM
3:47 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1766
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.2° / 242.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 9.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.37° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.74° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.79° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.