The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 19, 2006
Waning Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
6:23 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1034
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 | 313.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.9° / 245.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 28.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.02° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.06° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.08° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.