The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 19, 1962
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
8:38 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 489
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 | 209.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 282.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -14.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.76° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.45° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.85° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.