The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 19, 2050
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 AM
9:07 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1579
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 123.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 19m / -0.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.62° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.23° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.22° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.