The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Waning Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
12:24 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1195
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 8.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.78° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.18° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| 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.