The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 19, 1953
Waxing Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
1:38 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 376
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 | 77.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 69.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.33° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.37° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.