The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 19, 2088
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
7:39 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2045
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.4° / 165.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 15.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.97° / -0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.91° / 1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.11° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.