The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 19, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
5:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1860
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,400 km.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.1° / 1.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -8.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.07° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.92° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.