The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 19, 2101
Last Quarter
54.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
12:40 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.5%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2206
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 | 264.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 245.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -13.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.51° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.46° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.