The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
5:45 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1155
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 | 166.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.7° / 340.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.59° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.91° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.