The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 20, 2000
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
7:58 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 957
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 | 206.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 278.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -20.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.03° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.23° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.