The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Waning Crescent
27.4% 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
3:05 AM
3:36 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1068
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 234.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / 2.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.94° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.68° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.95° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.