The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 24, 1945
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
5:39 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 279
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.3° / 311.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -22.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.92° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.29° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.