The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 19, 1987
Waning Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 AM
12:23 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 796
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 | 263.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 242.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.61° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.45° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.07° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.