The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 19, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
3:46 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3134
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 | 135.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 40.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -10.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.08° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.91° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.