The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 1943
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
7:05 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 252
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 | 190.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.2° / 297.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -17.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.31° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.66° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.88° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| 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.