The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 19, 2022
Waning Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 AM
9:12 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1229
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 | 228.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 257.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -26.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.29° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.64° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.