The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 19, 1948
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 PM
6:24 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 317
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.0° / 309.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.85° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.60° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 172.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.