The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 19, 2129
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
10:54 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2556
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 103.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -2.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.49° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.30° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.