The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 20, 1995
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
12:24 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 895
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 | 259.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 252.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -10.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.89° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.65° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.