The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 20, 2029
Waxing Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
1:35 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1316
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 | 83.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 70.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 10.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.40° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.15° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.