The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 24, 2188
Waxing Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
10:13 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3288
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 | 59.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 115.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -25.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.66° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.95° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.51° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.