The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 19, 1906
Waning Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
4:19 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -206
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 | 320.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 224.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 2.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.15° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.32° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.