The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 19, 2004
Waxing Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
10:20 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1010
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 | 42.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 108.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -1.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.72° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / -2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.93° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.