The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 24, 1900
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
6:28 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -278
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.0° / 215.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 41m / 20.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.50° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / 3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.99° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.