The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 19, 2044
Waning Gibbous
55.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
12:33 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.1%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1501
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 | 264.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 244.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 47m / -15.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.62° / -2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.08° / 3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.48° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.