The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 19, 1990
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 AM
7:54 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 836
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 | 349.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.6° / 151.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 15.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.50° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / 1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.45° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.