The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 19, 1951
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
9:35 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 354
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 | 213.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 295.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / 1.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.45° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / -1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.17° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.