The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 20, 2030
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1328
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 266.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.45° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.22° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.