The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 2022
Waning Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
10:24 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1229
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 | 242.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 250.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -24.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.88° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.83° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| 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.