The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 19, 1959
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
5:50 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 452
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.1° / 322.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -17.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.72° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.15° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.