The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 24, 2115
Waxing Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
11:35 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2385
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 104.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -26.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.50° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.63° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.