The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 19, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
1:15 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 849
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 | 117.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 80.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -25.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.32° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / 3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.76° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.