The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 19, 2089
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
5:20 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2061
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 348.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -13.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.03° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.01° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.