The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 19, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 PM
5:21 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 116
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.2° / 324.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 08m / -22.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.66° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.51° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.