The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 24, 1951
Waning Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 353
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 9.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.81° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / -3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.44° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.