The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Waning Gibbous
99.5% 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
9:51 PM
6:04 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1056
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.3° / 292.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -26.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.28° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.65° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 140.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.