The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 24, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
4:14 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 848
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.3° / 358.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -24.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.39° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.51° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.