The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 1903
Waning Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
1:12 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -243
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 251.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 44m / -4.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.49° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / -3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.43° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.