The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 24, 2042
Waxing Crescent
45.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
12:11 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.0%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1479
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 88.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -10.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.00° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.16° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| 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.