The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 2173
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 PM
12:00 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3102
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 | 224.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 307.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 58m / 27.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.35° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.16° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.