The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 19, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -91
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.2° / 97.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -27.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.08° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.27° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.