The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 19, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
3:13 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 512
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 52.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 11.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.58° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.68° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.94° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.