The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
3:54 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3263
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.4° / 33.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 24m / -8.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.43° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.96° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.7° |
| 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.