The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 24, 1979
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
9:10 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 700
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.4° / 123.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 15.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.75° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.74° / 3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.62° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.