The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 1946
Waning Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
9:26 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 289
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 | 229.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 258.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -24.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.59° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.85° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.