The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 19, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
4:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 215
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 | 154.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.5° / 6.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -11.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.91° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.10° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.