The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 19, 2023
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
10:03 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1245
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 | 35.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 111.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 1.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.05° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.12° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.36° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.