The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 19, 2106
Waning Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
11:36 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2271
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 22m / 10.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.71° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.61° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.97° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.