The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 19, 1930
Waning Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
11:55 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 91
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 243.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -20.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.83° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.90° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.88° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.