The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 2003
Waning Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
10:20 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 994
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 | 241.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 251.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -24.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.56° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.04° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.