The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 19, 2151
Waxing Gibbous
55.8% 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
3:04 PM
12:18 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2828
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 89.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -19.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.02° / 0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.03° / -0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.61° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.