The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 24, 2006
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
9:03 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1033
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 | 354.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.9° / 126.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 54m / 25.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.64° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.51° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 137.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.