The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Waning Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
5:07 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1169
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 | 308.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.8° / 236.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 17m / 16.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.17° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.77° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.