The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 PM
8:42 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1120
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 | 206.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -7.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.56° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.23° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.