The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 19, 2046
Waning Gibbous
91.6% 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
9:28 PM
9:41 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1529
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / 4.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.36° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.35° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.96° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.