The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 2066
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
11:42 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1779
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 | 74.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 102.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -21.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.78° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.33° / -0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.33° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.