The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 2053
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
11:30 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1613
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 | 35.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.43° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.24° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.10° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.