The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 19, 2052
Waning Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 AM
11:10 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1600
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 258.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 23m / -14.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.59° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.55° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.86° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.