The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 24, 2161
Waxing Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
11:51 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2954
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 100.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.33° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.17° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.67° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.