The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 24, 2157
Last Quarter
54.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2904
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 53m / 22.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.06° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.47° / -1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.36° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.