The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 24, 2070
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
7:48 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1825
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -11.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.98° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.44° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.