The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 19, 2186
Waxing Crescent
27.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
11:30 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.7%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3261
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 | 63.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 98.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -6.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.22° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.35° / -6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.08° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.