The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 19, 2180
Waning Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
4:24 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3183
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 228.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 15m / 6.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.72° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.57° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.