The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 19, 1908
Waning Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -178
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered
All within 2.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 275.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 18m / 18.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.97° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / 3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.93° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.