The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 19, 2066
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
4:42 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1773
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.3° / 226.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 8.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.40° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.14° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.