The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 24, 2020
Waxing Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
11:44 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1207
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 | 51.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 93.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 7.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.07° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / -6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.83° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.