The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 19, 2076
Waning Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
12:28 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1900
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 | 248.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 278.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 9.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.58° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.16° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.