The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 24, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 PM
4:55 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1083
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 | 164.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.0° / 336.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -22.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.06° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / -0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.74° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.