The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 24, 2193
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
6:08 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3349
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.2° / 164.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -13.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.71° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.56° / 5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.68° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.