The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 24, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% 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
5:50 PM
3:09 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 242
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 | 136.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 47.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -17.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.16° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.20° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.31° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| 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.