The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 20, 1962
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
7:12 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 487
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 | 192.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.2° / 294.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -17.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.83° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.67° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.