The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 19, 1978
Waning Gibbous
97.8% 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
9:11 PM
8:09 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 688
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 | 197.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 303.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -5.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.50° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / -1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.38° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.