The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 1985
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
9:51 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 772
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 | 8.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.9° / 113.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 24m / 23.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.02° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.48° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.77° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.