The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 19, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% 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
6:25 PM
2:24 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1925
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.5° / 62.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -27.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.30° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.38° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.5° |
| 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.