The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 20, 2057
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
7:49 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1662
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 | 206.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 276.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -22.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.69° / 0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.47° / -0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.43° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.