The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 PM
4:12 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 784
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 | 135.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 33.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -4.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.84° / 1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / -1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.09° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.