The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 19, 2038
Waning Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
11:13 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1430
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 | 233.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 281.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 3.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.74° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.57° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.