The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 19, 1995
Waning Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
11:17 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 895
Events on this date
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 257.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 24m / -13.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.95° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.29° / -6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.44° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.