The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 19, 1984
Waning Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
9:51 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 759
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 254.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -25.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.31° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.24° / 5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.23° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.