The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 19, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
12:43 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 379
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 | 111.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 86.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -26.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.89° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / 5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.16° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.