The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 19, 2061
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
9:35 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1712
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
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Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.5° / 120.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 57m / 24.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.16° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / -4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.01° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 214.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.