The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 19, 2011
Waning Gibbous
70.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
12:28 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1096
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 | 245.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 286.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.68° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.95° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.38° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.