The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
3:05 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 982
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 | 101.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 53.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 12.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.62° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.32° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.