The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 19, 2011
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
7:58 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1093
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 274.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -23.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.56° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.23° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.