The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 19, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
4:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -20
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.8° / 7.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -11.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.00° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.91° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.