The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 24, 1908
Waning Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
5:17 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -179
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 | 320.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.1° / 247.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 23m / 21.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.46° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.32° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| 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.