The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 21, 2019
Waning Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
10:40 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1194
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 271.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / -7.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.08° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.99° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.43° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.