The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1958
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
10:30 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 438
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 | 21.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 104.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 19.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.75° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.92° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.