The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 19, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 PM
5:13 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1155
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 | 155.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.9° / 2.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -9.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.69° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.14° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.10° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.