The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 19, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
2:35 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1118
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 | 107.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 59.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 1.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.18° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.10° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.