The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 24, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
1:07 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -129
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 83.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -26.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.00° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.80° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.