The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 24, 1982
Waxing Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 AM
11:46 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 737
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 6.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.90° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.90° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.44° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.