The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 24, 2155
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
5:43 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2879
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 | 340.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 180.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -5.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.17° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / 2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.05° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.