The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Waxing Crescent
35.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
1:10 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.1%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1081
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 | 72.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 72.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 15.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.13° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.32° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.19° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.