The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 24, 2005
Waning Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
10:07 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1021
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 277.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -7.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.17° / -2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.83° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.