The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 19, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 PM
3:02 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 650
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -21.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.51° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.32° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.