The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 20, 2060
Waning Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
10:08 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1699
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 | 239.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 251.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -25.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.59° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.23° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.46° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.