The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
4:42 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1068
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 | 309.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.2° / 226.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / 7.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.07° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.59° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.18° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.