The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
1:15 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1046
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 | 116.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.9° / 81.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -24.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.73° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.72° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.