The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 24, 1974
Waxing Crescent
34.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 PM
11:46 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.1%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 638
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 96.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -9.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.67° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.24° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.80° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.