The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 19, 1963
Waning Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 AM
4:33 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 499
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.8° / 213.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / -1.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.64° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.99° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.