The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 19, 2007
Waxing Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
11:14 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1047
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 | 75.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 103.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.75° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.04° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.