The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 19, 2047
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
7:17 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1541
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.0° / 175.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.76° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.62° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.