The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 1932
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
6:02 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 116
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 292.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -26.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.79° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.37° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.67° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 140.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.