The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 1968
Waning Crescent
35.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 AM
2:32 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.7%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 561
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 | 286.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 233.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -7.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.50° / -2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / 3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.70° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.