The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 19, 1970
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
9:47 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 589
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 | 215.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 295.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / 3.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.95° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / -2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.97° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.