The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 1987
Last Quarter
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 AM
1:36 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 796
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 237.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -12.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.54° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.28° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.