The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 24, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
3:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 378
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 | 155.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.7° / 5.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -25.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.86° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.91° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.