The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Last Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 997
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 274.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.29° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / 0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.99° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.