The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 24, 1962
Last Quarter
44.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
2:29 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 489
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 258.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 28m / 9.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.63° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.53° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.88° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.