The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 24, 2085
Waxing Crescent
34.3% 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
1:33 PM
11:29 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2014
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 | 71.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 104.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -21.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.52° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.14° / -1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.53° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.