The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 19, 2000
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
7:18 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 957
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -19.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.07° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.70° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.04° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.