The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 19, 2006
Waning Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
12:08 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1031
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 244.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -18.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.05° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.89° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.