The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 24, 1983
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
5:47 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 749
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.5° / 305.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -23.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.80° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / 3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 219.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.