The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 19, 2063
Waning Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
12:22 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1736
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 245.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -16.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.94° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.06° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.