The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 19, 2009
Waning Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
7:04 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1070
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 | 325.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.5° / 222.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 27m / 26.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.64° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.43° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.