The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 19, 1988
Waxing Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
11:44 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 811
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 | 63.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 94.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / -1.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.31° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.52° / 2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.40° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.