The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 19, 2027
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 PM
9:00 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1294
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 301.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / 0.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.43° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.19° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.