The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 24, 1907
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
4:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -191
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,900 km.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 10:03 PM, is deepest at 11:22 PM and ends at 12:41 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.5° / 352.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -21.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.84° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / 0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.40° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.