The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 19, 1979
Waning Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 AM
6:31 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 700
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.7° / 205.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 36m / 17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.76° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.95° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.