The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 19, 1951
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
7:00 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 353
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.9° / 289.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -20.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.32° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.44° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.