The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 19, 2154
Waxing Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
2:01 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2865
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.9° / 69.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -28.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.94° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.60° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.