The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 24, 2038
Last Quarter
46.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
2:21 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.1%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1429
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 259.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 9.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.57° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.87° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.