The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 12, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 PM
3:48 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1195
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.1° / 23.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -22.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.07° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / 0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.55° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.