The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 24, 2085
Waxing Crescent
7.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 AM
10:06 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2011
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 5.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.44° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.32° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.