The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 24, 1937
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
7:33 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 180
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 | 193.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.6° / 300.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 03m / -12.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.66° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.29° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.