The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 20, 1990
Waning Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 AM
4:26 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 833
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 | 306.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.2° / 228.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / 6.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.64° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.38° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.