The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 19, 1976
Waning Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
12:04 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 660
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 | 255.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 254.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -11.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.60° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / -6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.85° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| 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.