The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 24, 1984
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
5:42 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 761
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 | 310.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.8° / 243.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 43m / 22.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.29° / 0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / -0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.81° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.