The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 2087
Waning Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
8:31 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2033
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 | 213.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 274.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 13m / -20.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.15° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.96° / -3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.45° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.