The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 19, 1933
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 AM
7:45 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 131
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.1° / 162.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 20.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.00° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.28° / -2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.24° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.