The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 19, 2050
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 AM
7:43 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1575
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 | 344.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.5° / 164.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 16.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.62° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.50° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.