The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 19, 1917
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
8:14 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -67
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.4° / 144.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 19m / 17.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.85° / -1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.36° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.70° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.