The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 19, 1961
Waxing Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
12:13 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 477
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 85.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -1.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.79° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.56° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.