The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 24, 2009
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
10:24 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1071
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 | 35.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 106.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 5.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.73° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.31° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.