The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 24, 2144
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 AM
5:21 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2743
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 | 330.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.7° / 193.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -2.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.53° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.77° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.