The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 19, 1924
Waning Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
11:41 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 20
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 | 239.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 280.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 5.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.90° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.18° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.