The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 19, 1985
Waxing Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
10:25 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 775
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 | 43.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 107.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -1.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.75° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.73° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.