The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 19, 2120
Waning Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 AM
5:58 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2444
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
-
Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.1° / 247.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 26.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.11° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.48° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.