The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 24, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
1:26 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 341
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 | 119.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 78.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -24.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.65° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.00° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.92° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.