The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 24, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
3:15 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 947
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 | 137.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.2° / 46.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.44° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.34° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.10° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.