The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 19, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
2:00 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1690
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 | 128.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.9° / 70.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -26.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.41° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.76° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.17° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.