The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 2049
Waning Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1563
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 | 223.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 267.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -19.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.77° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.03° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.