The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 2106
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 AM
5:20 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2273
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.7° / 191.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -4.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.99° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.14° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.