The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 19, 1921
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 PM
7:43 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -17
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 310.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 31m / -5.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.27° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.20° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 52.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.