The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 24, 2173
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 PM
5:30 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3099
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.1° / 303.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -25.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.98° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.55° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 211.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.