The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 20, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
4:29 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1724
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 | 149.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.9° / 18.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -13.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.84° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.12° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.