The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 19, 1908
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 PM
8:11 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -181
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 271.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -23.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.39° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.45° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.75° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.