The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 19, 2048
Waxing Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
1:11 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1551
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 | 74.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 73.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 13.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.72° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.57° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.