The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 19, 1920
Waxing Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
11:24 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -29
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 | 69.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 101.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -13.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.19° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.13° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.26° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.