The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Waning Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
12:17 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1130
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 | 258.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 253.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -10.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.98° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.47° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.