The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 19, 1958
Waxing Crescent
26.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
11:07 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.3%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 441
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 103.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -10.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.71° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.50° / -0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.89° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.