The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 19, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
3:08 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1922
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 | 101.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 53.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 55m / 12.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.43° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.53° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.