The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 2032
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
3:27 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1353
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 47.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -5.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.39° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.10° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.