The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 24, 2189
Waxing Gibbous
88.4% 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
6:39 PM
2:54 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3297
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.9° / 51.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -25.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.45° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / 2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.72° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.