The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 19, 1963
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 AM
8:09 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 501
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.6° / 157.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 22.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.75° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / 1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.50° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.