The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 24, 2014
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
7:07 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1132
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.1° / 186.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 28m / 18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.57° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.84° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.