The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 19, 1988
Waxing Crescent
40.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
11:23 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.1%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 812
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 | 78.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 102.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 45m / -20.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.27° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.62° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.