The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 19, 2005
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
6:19 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1022
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.9° / 311.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -16.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.64° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.41° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 180.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.