The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 24, 1970
Waning Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 588
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 | 259.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 11.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.28° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.24° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| 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.