The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 19, 2001
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 AM
9:12 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 973
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.5° / 122.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 13.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.54° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.07° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.