The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 PM
5:38 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 215
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 | 167.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.4° / 337.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -14.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.43° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.92° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.