The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 19, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
4:23 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2231
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 | 151.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.4° / 17.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -16.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.03° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.11° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.