The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 24, 2002
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
6:19 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 984
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.2° / 296.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -22.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.96° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.13° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.