The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 19, 1976
Last Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
2:25 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 662
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 264.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 12.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.38° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.28° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.