The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 19, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
5:49 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3137
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.1° / 329.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 20m / -14.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.88° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.78° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.