The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 19, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
2:12 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 45
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 | 126.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.4° / 65.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -22.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.68° / 1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / -1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.35° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.