The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 19, 1954
Waning Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
12:53 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 391
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 | 249.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.73° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.41° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.20° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.