The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 19, 1998
Last Quarter
44.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
1:39 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 932
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 240.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -9.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.58° / 0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.39° / 0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.51° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.