The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 19, 1996
Waxing Crescent
25.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
11:06 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.1%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 911
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 103.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -8.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.91° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / -1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.26° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.