The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 19, 1938
Waning Crescent
41.0% 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
12:27 AM
3:21 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 193
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 | 280.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.1° / 267.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 20.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.46° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.44° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.