The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 1927
Waning Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 54
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 | 225.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 261.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -24.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.91° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / 2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.06° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.