The Moon on this date

Moon on Saturday, July 19, 1941

Waning Crescent

20.6% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
E
Highest
66°
Moonset
W
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
20.6%
Age
24.9 days
Distance
402,800 km
Apparent size
29.7′
Constellation
Taurus
Lunation number
229

Events on this date

  1. Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

    All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.

  2. Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

Exact values

For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun306.35°
Phase angle126.08°
Illuminated fraction20.55%
Altitude / azimuth52.7° / 238.9°
Right ascension / declination4h 07m / 16.10°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude62.92° / -4.73°
Libration in longitude / latitude-2.04° / 6.50°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-127.75° / -1.33°
Position angle of the axis348.4°
Position angle of the bright limb75.3°
Apparent magnitude-8.3

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

Your location

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