The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 19, 2144
Waning Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
12:36 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2741
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 280.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 12.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.58° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.15° / 1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.55° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.