The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 19, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
5:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1625
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 | 155.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.2° / 1.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -8.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.56° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.73° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.