The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 19, 1959
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 PM
7:55 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 453
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 | 194.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 306.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -5.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.04° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / -2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.56° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.