The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 19, 2143
Waxing Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
1:28 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2729
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 75.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -20.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.19° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / -3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.01° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.