The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 25, 2024
Waning Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
11:15 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1256
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 276.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / -0.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.68° / -0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / 1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.83° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.