The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 1963
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
5:47 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 499
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 | 324.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 198.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 35m / 4.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.51° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.09° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.23° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.8° |
| 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.