The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Waxing Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
10:53 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1146
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 | 55.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 104.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -6.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.41° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.35° / -2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.69° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.