The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 19, 1980
Waxing Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 AM
12:49 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 710
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 | 65.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 75.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.63° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.05° / 2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.20° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.