The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 24, 2157
Waning Gibbous
92.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
9:01 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2901
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 286.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -8.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.53° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.10° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.62° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.