The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 20, 1984
Waning Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
10:52 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 759
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 | 246.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 249.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -23.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.74° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.46° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.43° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.