The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 19, 1946
Waning Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 291
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 267.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / -5.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.89° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.08° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| 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.