The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 19, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
2:30 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 280
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 | 131.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 60.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -23.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.70° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.54° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.