The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 19, 1973
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
7:43 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 623
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 274.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -24.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.33° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.84° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.