The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 24, 1960
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
9:18 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 465
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus 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 | 9.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.4° / 121.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 14.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.59° / -2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.36° / 4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.18° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.