The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 19, 1939
Waxing Crescent
26.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
11:06 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 206
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 | 62.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 103.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -11.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.07° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.06° / 0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.69° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.