The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 19, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
12:36 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 948
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 85.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 07m / -15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.71° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.38° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.