The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 19, 1908
Waning Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -179
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 272.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 1.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.45° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.17° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.