The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 19, 1901
Waxing Crescent
26.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 AM
9:53 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.3%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -264
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 115.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -12.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.55° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / 2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.55° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.