The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 24, 2008
Waning Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
12:59 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1058
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 | 255.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 275.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 11.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.79° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.87° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.