The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 19, 1922
Waning Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
2:02 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -8
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 241.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -6.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.73° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.51° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.