The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Waning Gibbous
86.0% 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
11:09 PM
10:01 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1256
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,900 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 278.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 12m / -7.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.18° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.61° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.63° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.