The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 24, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 PM
3:27 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 712
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.3° / 40.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -18.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.47° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.70° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.