The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 19, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 PM
2:57 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1588
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 55.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 25m / 0.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.95° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.70° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.