The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 20, 2074
Waning Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 AM
3:50 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1872
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 | 302.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 222.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 15m / -3.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.20° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.72° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.