The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 19, 1943
Waning Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
11:06 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 255
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 | 232.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 282.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 16m / 2.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.70° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.78° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.