The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 24, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
3:02 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -228
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 50.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.52° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.22° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.