The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 24, 2189
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 PM
8:08 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3300
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 331.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 19m / 12.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.59° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.40° / 2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.98° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.