The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 24, 1975
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
7:50 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 650
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 13m / -10.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.42° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.65° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.