The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 24, 2106
Waning Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
2:49 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2270
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter 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 | 277.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 264.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 15.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.23° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.44° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.28° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.