The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 19, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 PM
4:16 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 450
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 | 139.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 29.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -6.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.39° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / -0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.49° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.