The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 19, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 PM
1:10 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1653
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 | 109.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 79.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.01° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / -3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.99° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.