The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 19, 2008
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
7:27 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1058
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 | 195.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.9° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -17.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.57° / -0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.86° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.