The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 24, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
2:46 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -92
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.2° / 51.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -26.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.11° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.01° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.