The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 19, 2091
Waxing Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 AM
11:27 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2086
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 99.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -7.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.37° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.70° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.