The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 19, 1909
Waxing Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
9:28 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -165
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 118.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / 1.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.12° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.21° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.