The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 19, 1970
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
6:59 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 588
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.9° / 290.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -20.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.33° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.00° / 3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.25° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.