The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 24, 2047
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 AM
9:47 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1541
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 113.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 37m / 10.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.06° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.07° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.95° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.