The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 19, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
12:15 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -227
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 88.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -17.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.81° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.89° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.50° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.