The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 24, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
5:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3164
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 5.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 25m / 8.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.82° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.38° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.