The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
5:20 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 920
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 | 159.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 355.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -11.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.89° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / -4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.69° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.