The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 19, 1950
Waxing Crescent
38.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
11:26 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.9%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 342
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 | 76.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 102.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -19.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.09° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.25° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.