The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 19, 2017
Waning Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 AM
1:46 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1167
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 | 277.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 239.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -9.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.51° / -0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.64° / 1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.31° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.