The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 19, 1984
Last Quarter
51.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.7%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 762
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.08° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.42° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.