The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 24, 2098
Waning Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
5:47 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2171
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.1° / 251.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 35m / 26.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.89° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.26° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.17° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.