The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 24, 1924
Waning Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
2:51 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 19
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 | 280.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 10.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.30° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.46° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.49° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.