The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 19, 2003
Waning Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 AM
12:21 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 996
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 | 251.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 266.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / -0.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.56° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.24° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.