The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 19, 1968
Last Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 AM
1:27 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 561
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 237.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -13.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.83° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.48° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.