The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 19, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
3:07 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 413
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 | 121.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 52.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / -4.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.76° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.27° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.33° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.