The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 PM
4:17 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1019
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 | 139.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.9° / 30.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -7.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.02° / 0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.28° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.