The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 24, 1932
Waning Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 118
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 272.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 16m / 11.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.64° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.21° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.85° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.