The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 2117
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
6:09 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2409
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 168.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -9.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.66° / -1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.64° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.