The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 19, 1977
Waxing Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
10:41 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 675
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 104.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 6.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.37° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / 4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.87° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.