The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 19, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
5:23 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1492
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 | 168.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.1° / 326.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 13m / -19.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.74° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.00° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.