The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 19, 1981
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
8:40 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 724
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 281.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.46° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.67° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.