The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Last Quarter
54.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
1:33 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.0%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1194
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 262.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 5.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.08° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.07° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.