The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 19, 1900
Waning Crescent
27.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 AM
3:39 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.1%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -277
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.5° / 266.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 32m / 21.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.58° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.57° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.