The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1980
Waxing Crescent
39.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 PM
1:31 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.1%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 710
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 | 77.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 69.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 15.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.07° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / 1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.97° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.