The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 19, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
4:19 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 181
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 | 151.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.8° / 13.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -17.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.85° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.42° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.96° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.