The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Waning Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 PM
8:27 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1192
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 271.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -22.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.28° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.00° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.