The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 1993
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 AM
8:10 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 870
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 | 349.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.2° / 153.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 19.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.91° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.53° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.