The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 19, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
1:51 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1084
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.9° / 71.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -24.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.88° / -0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.86° / 1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.99° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.