The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 2095
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
7:03 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2132
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 | 194.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.6° / 287.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.78° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / -0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.86° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.