The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 24, 1993
Waxing Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
11:46 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 873
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 | 70.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 96.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -8.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.24° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.63° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.98° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.