The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 1935
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
7:42 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 153
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 | 208.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 271.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -25.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.94° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.45° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.