The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 24, 1940
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
11:28 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 217
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 | 239.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 276.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / 1.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.97° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / -1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.23° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.