The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
6:05 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1157
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.8° / 316.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.87° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.26° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.