The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 19, 1944
Waning Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 AM
5:53 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 264
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 | 325.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.2° / 196.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 4.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.49° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.10° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.43° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.