The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 24, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
1:04 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 910
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 | 101.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 79.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -13.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.29° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.91° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.