The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 19, 2079
Waning Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1934
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 260.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -27.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.19° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.85° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.