The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 19, 1903
Last Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 AM
12:15 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -243
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 256.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -8.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.31° / 3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.21° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.