The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 19, 2163
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
7:30 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2973
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -18.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.93° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.07° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.