The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 24, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
4:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3198
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.7° / 359.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -18.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.62° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.14° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.