The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 19, 1920
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
10:29 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -32
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,900 km.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.4° / 105.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 09m / 20.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.08° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.55° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.