The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 19, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
3:55 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1019
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 40.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -1.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.07° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / -1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.47° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.