The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 19, 1966
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 AM
10:37 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 539
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,800 km.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 101.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 20.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.07° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.34° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.