The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Waxing Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
11:40 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1108
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 97.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -7.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.97° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.85° / 5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.18° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.