The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 19, 2140
Waxing Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
11:27 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2692
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 102.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 48m / -20.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.96° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.82° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.