The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 19, 1980
Waxing Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
12:38 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 712
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 82.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -3.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.80° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.66° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.75° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.