The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 24, 2001
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
11:50 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 972
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 | 53.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 92.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / 6.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.68° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.64° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.