The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 24, 1917
Waxing Crescent
26.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
10:15 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -67
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 | 61.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 110.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / -5.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.22° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.55° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.47° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.