The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 19, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
76.8% 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
3:55 PM
3:48 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 784
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 | 122.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 43.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / 2.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.76° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.53° / -2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.28° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| 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.