The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
3:13 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 747
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 | 104.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 52.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 06m / 11.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.11° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.14° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.