The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 20, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
63.6% 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
2:24 PM
3:18 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1452
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 51.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 16m / 10.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.95° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.72° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| 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.