The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1941
Waning Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 AM
3:42 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 227
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 | 299.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.2° / 228.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / -0.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.72° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / 0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.53° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.