The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 24, 2129
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
4:23 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2558
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 23.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 44m / -5.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.25° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.20° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.