The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 24, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
1:00 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 675
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 80.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 44m / -13.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.70° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.36° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.73° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.