The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 24, 2165
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
7:32 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3000
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 296.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -13.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.26° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / -2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.03° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.