The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 20, 2018
Waxing Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 AM
1:09 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1180
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 | 70.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 71.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.04° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / 0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.60° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.