The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 19, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 PM
3:24 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1825
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.6° / 42.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.98° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.54° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.