The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
6:48 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1194
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.6° / 293.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 24m / -20.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.38° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.43° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.