The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 24, 1946
Waning Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
5:23 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 291
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 | 307.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.5° / 243.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 29m / 20.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.86° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.99° / 1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.20° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.