The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 19, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
2:57 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 277
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 | 98.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 55.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 13.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.65° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.73° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.