The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
3:42 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 512
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 | 115.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 45.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / 6.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.42° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.73° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.