The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 19, 2025
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
12:05 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1266
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 | 259.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 245.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 28m / -18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.64° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.88° / 4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.69° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.