The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1930
Last Quarter
50.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
12:57 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.3%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 91
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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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 239.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -16.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.73° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.14° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.09° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.