The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 19, 1938
Waning Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
10:33 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 190
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -16.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.22° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.25° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.