The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 19, 2007
Waxing Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1044
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 82.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 33m / 27.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.30° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.14° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.29° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.