The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 19, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
64.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
2:31 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.1%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 648
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 | 106.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 60.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 55m / 1.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.42° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.72° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.