The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 24, 1905
Last Quarter
48.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.6%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -216
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 270.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 8.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.84° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.50° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.18° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.