The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 19, 1917
Waxing Crescent
3.5% 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
7:35 AM
7:57 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -66
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 | 21.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.0° / 141.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 06m / 0.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.26° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.89° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.