The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 19, 1993
Waxing Crescent
5.3% 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
9:03 AM
9:12 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 874
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Uranus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 122.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / -1.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.76° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.40° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.