The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
73.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
2:59 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.2%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 883
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 | 117.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 54.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / -2.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.06° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.70° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.