The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 1949
Waning Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 AM
1:51 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 326
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 | 279.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 235.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -11.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.78° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.90° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.