The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 19, 1962
Waning Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
11:08 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 490
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 | 233.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 281.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 3.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.49° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.64° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.58° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.