The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 19, 1971
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
7:48 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 601
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 | 345.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.8° / 156.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 56m / 17.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.46° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.63° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.