The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 24, 2121
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
6:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2459
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 1.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / 9.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.64° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.63° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.