The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 24, 1906
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
9:59 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -203
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 111.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 10.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.48° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / -2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.94° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.