The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 19, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
5:16 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2667
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 334.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -18.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.62° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.78° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.40° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.