The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 24, 2179
Waning Gibbous
70.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
12:09 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.2%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3173
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 278.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / 7.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.01° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.23° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.