The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Last Quarter
48.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 AM
1:16 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.3%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1266
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 241.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -12.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.98° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.72° / 3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.90° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.