The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 19, 1979
Waning Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 AM
1:54 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 697
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 | 278.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 239.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -8.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.88° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / -0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.71° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.