The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 24, 2097
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
6:14 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2159
Events on this date
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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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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 295.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -23.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.41° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.23° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.65° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 140.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.