The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 19, 2160
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 PM
7:33 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2938
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 | 193.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.1° / 297.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 51m / -13.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.34° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.63° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.2° |
| 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.