The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 19, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
73.4% 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
3:42 PM
3:01 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 178
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 54.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / -3.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.12° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.11° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.