The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 19, 1905
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
6:06 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -218
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.6° / 318.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -16.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.14° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.77° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.