The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
3:06 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1118
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 | 119.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 52.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -3.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.38° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / 5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.90° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| 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.