The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 20, 1934
Waxing Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 PM
1:44 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 141
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 | 79.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 68.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.25° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.79° / 0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.95° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| 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.