The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 19, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
12:42 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 713
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 | 98.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 84.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -16.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.07° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.98° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.