The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 2100
Waning Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
1:59 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2199
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 289.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 56m / 26.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.50° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.15° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.