The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 19, 2103
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
8:45 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2234
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 303.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / 0.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.28° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.97° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.