The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 19, 2016
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 PM
8:05 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1158
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 302.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / -6.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.76° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / 0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.98° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.