The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 20, 2079
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
9:31 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1934
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 | 232.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 254.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -26.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.17° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.04° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.