The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 19, 2108
Waxing Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 PM
3:26 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2295
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 40.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -18.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.04° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.16° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.