The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 19, 1927
Waning Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 56
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,600 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / -4.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.02° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.28° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.27° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.