The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 1938
Waning Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
11:30 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 190
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 | 249.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.15° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.45° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.