The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 19, 2055
Waning Crescent
38.9% 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
3:00 AM
2:11 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.9%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1637
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 235.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -9.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.65° / -2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / 3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.68° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| 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.