The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 19, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
5:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 886
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 | 160.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.1° / 353.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -13.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.46° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.81° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.