The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 19, 1928
Waxing Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
10:45 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 70
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 | 49.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 104.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -2.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.77° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.91° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.