The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 24, 1911
Waning Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
7:31 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -142
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 75.9° / 205.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 06m / 27.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.72° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.22° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.