The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 2033
Waning Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
12:03 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1365
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 | 255.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 254.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -11.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.66° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.28° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.