The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 19, 1916
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
6:41 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -82
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,300 km.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.5° / 281.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -26.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.83° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.15° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.