The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 24, 2078
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
5:40 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1924
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.2° / 301.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -25.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.06° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.87° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 202.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.