The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 2031
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 AM
8:23 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1340
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 | 352.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.0° / 144.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 18.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.30° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / -0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.91° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.