The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
4:29 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1959
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 | 151.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.8° / 16.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -15.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.21° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.32° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.