The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 24, 1943
Last Quarter
45.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
2:25 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.1%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 254
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 258.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 8.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.63° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.07° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.