The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
3:32 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1922
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 | 112.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 48.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / 7.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.59° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.32° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.