The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 PM
4:28 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1254
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 | 146.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.8° / 22.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -11.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.68° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.62° / 1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.49° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.