The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
7:52 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1071
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.6° / 151.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 14.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.28° / -1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.26° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.