The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 19, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
4:03 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1959
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 | 138.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 34.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -9.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.12° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.51° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.