The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 19, 1922
Waning Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
5:48 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -5
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 | 316.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.7° / 226.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 51m / 17.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.28° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.74° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.