The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 19, 2188
Waning Crescent
36.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
2:24 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.2%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3282
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 230.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -10.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.70° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.91° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.