The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 19, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% 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
8:32 PM
5:40 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 82
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 | 171.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.5° / 317.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -20.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.79° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.26° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.39° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 220.9° |
| 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.