The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 19, 2082
Last Quarter
48.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
1:15 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.9%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1971
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 242.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -11.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.55° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / 0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.85° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.