The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 24, 2138
Waning Gibbous
60.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
2:18 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2669
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 283.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 24m / 24.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.10° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / -2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.56° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.