The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 19, 2061
Waxing Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
10:29 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1715
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 | 52.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 107.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -8.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.50° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.74° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.