The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 19, 2068
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
8:10 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1798
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 | 209.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 275.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -21.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.21° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.65° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.