The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1952
Waning Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 AM
5:48 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 363
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 | 321.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.9° / 213.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 12.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.38° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.00° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.