The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 19, 1913
Waning Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
8:19 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -116
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 308.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -0.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.16° / 0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.28° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.