The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 19, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
4:42 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1961
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.5° / 321.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -27.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.19° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.17° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.