The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 2019
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
7:40 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1192
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 282.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -20.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.42° / 2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.82° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.