The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 19, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
2:50 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 750
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.3° / 53.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -24.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.98° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.17° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.