The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 2072
Waxing Crescent
8.8% 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
8:42 AM
11:24 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1848
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 | 34.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 95.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 19m / 18.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.55° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.85° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.29° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.