The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 1999
Waxing Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
1:08 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 945
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 | 70.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 72.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 17.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.97° / -0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.20° / 1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.40° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.