The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 24, 1998
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
9:36 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 935
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 | 13.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.1° / 116.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.83° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.81° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.