The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 19, 2012
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 AM
9:02 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1108
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.8° / 125.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 15.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.08° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.40° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 320.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.