The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 24, 2070
Waning Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
12:56 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1828
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 285.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 34m / 17.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.05° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.11° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.