The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 24, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
5:24 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1853
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 | 153.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 7.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / 0.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.62° / 3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.25° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.