The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 19, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
4:08 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1254
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 | 135.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 34.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -5.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.65° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.68° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.