The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 19, 2149
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
6:59 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2803
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 306.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -13.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.25° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.01° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.