The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 19, 2097
Waxing Gibbous
63.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
3:16 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.8%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2157
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 51.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.42° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.63° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.73° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.