The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 19, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 PM
4:01 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 81
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -77.1° / 2.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -26.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.06° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.68° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.10° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.