The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 24, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 PM
3:17 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 7
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 | 137.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.0° / 44.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 12m / -17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.52° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.12° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.