The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 19, 1966
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
8:13 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 536
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.0° / 149.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.27° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.16° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.