The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 19, 2065
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 PM
5:21 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1761
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.2° / 319.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 18m / -23.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.23° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.34° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.