The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 24, 1955
Waxing Crescent
30.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
11:32 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.6%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 403
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 | 66.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 98.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -7.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.95° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.64° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.58° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.