The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 19, 2102
Waxing Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
10:44 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2222
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 107.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -16.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.13° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.73° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.45° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| 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.