The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 24, 2040
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
6:40 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1454
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 | 188.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.1° / 291.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -22.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.66° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.26° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.46° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.