The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 24, 2107
Waxing Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
11:34 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2283
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 97.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / -2.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.10° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.84° / 2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.85° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.