The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 19, 2001
Waning Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
5:08 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 969
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 206.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 1.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.32° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.61° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.