The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 24, 2128
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
6:49 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2542
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
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Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 1.7° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.5° / 198.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 10m / 18.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.36° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.22° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.