The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 19, 2004
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
10:42 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1009
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 100.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 18.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.89° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.93° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.72° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.