The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 19, 2042
Waxing Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
10:15 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1480
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 109.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -3.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.50° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / -0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.55° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.