The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 19, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
4:25 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 79
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 | 136.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.2° / 30.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -2.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.44° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.39° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.51° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.