The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 19, 2019
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
6:58 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1192
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 | 189.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.6° / 297.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.22° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.63° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.