The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 19, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
3:32 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2899
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 46.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -5.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.66° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.69° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.