The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 19, 2184
Waxing Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 PM
3:25 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3233
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 48.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 3.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.69° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.47° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.49° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.