The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 19, 1997
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
5:50 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 922
Events on this date
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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 | 173.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.4° / 321.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.53° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.53° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| 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.