The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 19, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% 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
7:00 PM
2:49 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2666
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.3° / 51.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -27.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.82° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.14° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.