The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 24, 1944
Waxing Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
11:33 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 267
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 94.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 32m / 7.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.57° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.33° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.83° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.