The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 19, 2072
Waxing Crescent
38.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.7%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1851
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 94.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 53m / -11.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.32° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.01° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.28° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.