The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 1904
Waxing Crescent
30.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -230
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 | 67.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 85.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.56° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.47° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.