The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 19, 1992
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
8:26 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 858
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 | 215.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 269.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -23.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.00° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / 0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.62° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.