The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 19, 1978
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 PM
5:48 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 687
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.3° / 322.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -17.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.99° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.33° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.