The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 24, 1948
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
9:32 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 316
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 | 219.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 277.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -11.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.76° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.31° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.66° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.