The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 1954
Waning Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
8:00 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 388
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 | 211.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 270.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -24.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.10° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / 2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.26° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.