The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 19, 1989
Waning Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
9:43 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 824
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 296.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / 3.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.24° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / -3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.77° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.