The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 20, 2063
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
1:23 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1736
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 241.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -11.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.75° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / 1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.28° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.